It would be slower than my MacBook that has a 2.0GHz Core Duo 2. There were a couple of interesting articles on MacWorld about:

1. The difference between the Intel Core Duo and the Core Duo 2 . . .

and

2. How the current Core Duo 2 MacBookPros and and BLACK MacBooks are so close in speed there's almost no difference. the differences lie in the 3/4 slot, dedicated video card, FW 800, et al. on the mac book pro.

 

If you want to throw away 1300 I'll take it....send it to me

 

I'm very fimiliar with the Core Duo and CD2 processors. No doubt the CD2 is faster. Those chips are blazing, around a third faster. But do I want to pay a $1,000 more for a 30% bump? I dunno.

Actually this all maybe moot since over lunch I was discussing getting a new personal laptop with my boss and he said just get one for 'work' purposes and do what I want with it. Hmmmm, T60 here I come!!

 

You lucky fat bastard.

 

**Fixed

 

You rule.

 

I got my new laptop today. Gateway Convertible PC, Intel core 2 duo, 1.83 Ghz, 2G ram, 80G HD. It will take some time learning vista, but I like it so far.

I tried the convertable pc part (using it as a tablet pc) and its cool. I'm sure I'll like it for classes, but for now its mainly a novelty.

 

And a novelty it will most likely remain (the tablet part anyway)

Say hello to my Compaq T1000 (or whatever its model number is) Tablet PC



(Yeah, I own a windows machine . . . have had a few of them as a matter of fact)

I got this when they first came out. The idea was to use it when in session with patients (when I thought I wanted to be a shrink . . . admittedly a momentary lapse of reason) to write my notes, then after each session I would use the writing recognition feature to turn said notes into type written pages. Presto chango tons-o-time saved.

HOwever, it didn't quite work as promised. So unless this generation of the tablets are WAY better than the originals, you'll find it's fun for a while but not of much use.

Today, it serves as the printer driver for a Minolta color lazer printer which is not Mac compatible . . . so I send Photoshop files that need a quick color printing to the tablet and boom! out it come of the QMS.

It might interest those you you who think I do nothing but drink the Apple Juice to know that I gave up the Mac some time ago (in the middle of OS 9) becuase I wanted something a lot faster than a G3 could offer, I wanted true multitasking (mac couldnt do that) and I had no desire to learn the forthcoming OSX, so I got me a big old kick-*** Dell workstation and was a happy photoshopper.

Then, a couple years later, I spent time with OSX and returned to the reality distortion field and have been happily drinking apple juice ever since.

Carry on.

 

I do intend on using it for notes and the like when I start taking classes again in May. But it may be stay a novelty.... We'll see though. I really don't care though, I'll get re-imbursed by the VA for it either way. That being said, I should have got a couple more upgrades. I guess I'm just taking it easy on my fellow taxpayers.

 

Yeah, I've got 4 of those here at the shop. Took one home to use for awhile. Fun for the first hour, sucked ***** there after. I can see their application and usefulness, but its a nitch market. Medical, warehouses, other highly mobile-within-a-building and need network access applications. That's about it.

On a side note, I ordered a second hard drive for my T60 'sniffer' laptop. I'll install vista fresh, change the boot loader so I can boot to XP and my sniffer software as needed. This will become my new temporary laptop. Hopefully I'll find some spare money on my next project to get me a decked out T60p for 'work'.

And Kobi, I toyed with the white mac book yesterday at a closing computer store chain... does the black one have that same lame raised keyboard? How do you like that? Seems weird to me... but I was impressed with the rest of it.

 

i just bought the wife a HP 9055 laptop, $1399 at bestbuy.

intel duo 2 2.0
120 GB hard drive
2 GB RAM
17 inch screen
cable tv hookups!!
Vista

man this thing is awesome! my old HP is like 5 years old now and i have never had a problem with it. just another option for you to think about.....

 

The white one? The white one is a cheesy plastic and here is something else about white . . . it looks like crap after about a month.

Anyway . . . the keyboard . . . yeah . . . I call it the chicklett keyboard because they are like little chickletts. I remember having the same thoughts and feelings as you when I first saw it and then I played with it and still wasn't sure. THe thing that weirded me out was basically the same thing but I saw it differently. Whereas you saw them as raised, I saw them as seperated. On the aluminum Powerbooks (er. . . MacBook Pro) from the edges of the surface of the key it then tapers down. Each key's "taperedness" (for lack of a better word) went right up against the keys surrounding it so that essentially they all felt connected . . . then suddenly we get these little chicklett things. Each time I went to the Mac store (which was a lot becuase I had no life) I would place my fingers on the keys and think "This isn't right . . . I'll never get used to this".

Well, it turns out I was wrong. Once you actually use it and spend some time with it you don't even notice it, and I will add this . . . I had read among many people who first bought it that they too had "key concern" and all reported that the "response" or "rebound" or whatever you want to call it, was the best they ever felt on a laptop keyboard. I remember thnking to myself . . . "yeah, right . . . Apple Juice drinkers" and "so what". Well, it also turns out that this is true and I can't describe it other than to say that the way the keys feel when pressing them down and when they return is really nice . . . so take it for what it's worth.

So, short answer . . . freaked me out before actually using it for real and then, no problem.

 

P.S. I wouldn't miss the glossy screen if it were replaced with a matte surfaced one . . . wouldn't miss it one bit.

But, sometimes, in the right conditions, it looks friggin' awesome

 

By the way . . . do you like my sig?

Obviously I do.

(And he waits for the 60 seconds to pass . . . . . . . . .. )

 

Yeah, the glossy screen is really killing me. I wish they'd offer a matte screen on the black version. After using IBM laptops for the last 5 years (they are, hands down, the best keyboards ever) I did have concerns when I saw it. I can't say I'm a fan of the MBPro keyboards, either. They don't have the right 'feel'. But I've been spoiled.

Well rumor has it my 2nd laptop drive should show up today. If I does I'll make a side trip on my way home and get Vista to load on the T60. I'm pretty excited. Actually, I might not. I think I'll load up the demo version I have, then order a license on the company... tee hee.